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. NITED STATES PATENT FFICE.

l FRANK E. WILCOX, OF MECHANICSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

SINGLE PEFICH-GEAR FOR VEHICLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters :Patent No. 709,449, dated September 16, 1902. Application filed August 2, 1902. Serial No. 118,094. (No model.)

`and which shall embrace novel means for securing the rear end of the perch to the rear axle.

My inventionconsists in certain novelties of construction and combinations of parts hereinafter set forth and claimed.

The accompanying drawings illustrate an example of the physical embodiment of my invention constructed according to the best mode I .have so far devised for the practical ,application of the principle.

Figure l is a view in perspective of the front end of the perch, the fifth-wheel, and other parts of the gear. Fig. 2 is a front view in elevation of Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a perspective View of the novel means employed forattaching the rear end of the perch to the axle. Fig. @t shows the rear end of the perch secured to the axle, the axle-bed, and the rear spring, the axle, axle-bed, and spring being in section. Fig. 5 is a view of the top perch-iron. t Fig. 6 is a View `in perspective of a novel threeprong saddle-clip used at each end of the perch.

Referringto the several igu res,the numeral l designates the front axle; 2, the fron t-axle bed; 3, the king-bolt clip, which embraces the axle-bed and the axle; 4, the upwardly-ex tending perforated lug of the king-bolt clip; 5,the axle-yoke,through perforations in which pass the three legs of the king-bolt clip; 6, a hole in the axle-yoke for the king-bolt; 7, a lower brace; 8, the perforated head of the brace, through which the king bolt also passes; 9, the lower semicircular member of the fifth-wheel; l0, the upper semicircular t member; 11, the head-block plate; 12, a perforated lug at the front edge of the head-block plate; 13, one of the two perforated lugs at the rear edge of the head-block plate, the

`head-block.

other lug being similarly disposed at the opposite side of the end of the perch; 14, the tail-iron formed integral with the head-block plate and being of any desirable length; 15, the three-pronged saddle-clip; 16, the headblock; 17, theleaves of a spring; 18, the perch extending from the front axle to the rear axle; 19, the king-bolt passed through the end of the reach, a hole in the head-'block plate, theA lug of the king-bolt clip, the axle-yoke, and the perforation in the loose head, as shown in full and dotted lines; 20, an antirattler of any approved type; 21 21, bolts which secure the an ti rattler to the tail-iron, the said bolts passing through the perch, the tail-iron, and the antiratrler and holding the upper and lower members of the fifth-wheel in frictional contact; 22, at the rear end of the perch a clip similar in construction to that shown at the front end of the perch; 23, the rear axle; 24, the rear-axle bed; 25, leaves of the rear spring; 26, the perforated perch heel-iron; 27, a recess in the heel-iron to receive the axle; 28, the top perch-iron having an 11pturned end; 29, bolts; 30, a screw or bolt Y Ain shape and threaded at the ends; 312, the

upper flattened portions of the prongs or legs; 33, a down wardly-projecting liange to engage the perpendicularsurfaces of the leaves of the spring, and 34 34 are the outttardly-extending flat endsof the clip.

From the foregoing description it is clear that I have produced a single perch-gear of extreme simplicity and which fulfils all the conditions set forth as the object of my invent/ion.

The king-bolt at-the front end of the perch passes through the same and serves tohold it firmly in place where it abuts against the The three-prong clip by means` of the flange 33 and ilat portions 32 32 extending downwardly and 1n frictional Contact with the leaves of the spring securely holds the latter so that no rotary or other motion is possible. Moreover, the flattened lower parts of the prongs frictionally engage the head-block at the front end of the perch, and the axlebed at the rear end of the same and hold them securely.

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The attaching means for the rear end of the perch is of Very simple character, and by reason of the recess 27 in the heel-iron and the top iron 28 engaging the axle-bed, as well as the end of the perch, the parts are very firmly united. It is obvious that the end of the reach can beeasily and quickly det-ached from the axle and bed by removing the boit or screw 30 and the nuts at the ends of the three-prong saddle-clip. In practice it is of course to be understood that modifications may be introduced without constituting a substantial departure from the scope of my invention.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The herein-described means for securing the end of a perch to an aXle, consisting of the perch heel-iron 26, the three-prong saddle-clip, and the top reach-iron 2S having a perforated upwardly-turned end.

2. The combination with an axle, axle-bed, and lower spring-leaves, of a recessed perch heel-iron; a three-prong clip; a perch; a top reach-iron having an upwardly-turned perforated. endgand means for securing the perch to the irons, and the upwardly-turned end of the top perch-iron to the axle-bed.

3. The herein-described three-prong saddie-clip, having legs which are cylindrically shaped at the extreme ends and Iiattened throughout the remaining portions thereof, the downwardly-extending ange 33 upon one side, and the outwardly-extending ends 34, 34, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FRANK E. WILCOX.

Witnesses:

H. I-I. MERCER, S. F. HAUCK. 

